Implement attachment.



PAT-ENTED NOV. 8, 1904.

C. A. ADAMS. IMPLEMENTATTAGHMENT.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 28, 1904.

N0 "MODEL.

Inventor Witnesses Attorney Patented November 8, 1904.

PATENT OEEicE.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS ADAMS, OF SANCO, TEXAS.

IMPLEMENT ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,143, dated November8, 1904.

Application filed January 28, 1904. Serial No. 191,049. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES AUGUSTUS ADAMS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sanco, in the county of Coke and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ImplementAttachments; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to attachments for implements or tools in whichthe handle is gripped in using.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment for the handleof tools and implements-such as hammers or hatchets and pitchforks,shovels, and the like-whereby the use of such tools and implements maybe greatly facilitated.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in. theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing the applicationof the device to a hammer. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of thedevice detached.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a metallic bandthe ends of which are bent outwardly, forming lugs or ears 2, in whichare formed alined apertures 3, one of which is threaded. A clampingscrew4 is engaged with the apertures 3, by which the ends of the band 1 maybe brought together, thereby enabling the band to be clamped on thehandle of a tool. To the side of the band opposite the clamping-screw isriveted or otherwise secured one end of a short strap 5, to the oppositeend of which is secured a strap 6, having at one end abuckle 7, which isadapted to be engaged by the opposite end of the strap 6.

In the application of the device the band 1 is slipped onto the handleof the tool, and the screw 4 is turned to clamp the band tightly inplace on said handle. The strap 6 is now buckled around the hand orwrist of the party using the tool and who then grips the handle of thetool in the usual manner.

By the use of a device as herein described 'IIGSSGS.

the handling and use of tools and implements is facilitated in that thehand of the user is relieved from considerable strain caused by thetight gripping of the tool-handle, and when used with implements such aspitchforks part of the weight in lifting the loaded fork will be shiftedfrom the fingers to the back portion of the hand and wrist.

A further advantage of a device of this character is that thetool-handle may be temporarily released without being dropped or laiddown to permit the use of the hand for other purposes, thereby savingthe time and labor of laying down and picking up the tool each time itis desired to use the hand for another purpose.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A device for use in supporting tools or implements from the wrist andrelieving the hand from gripping strain, comprising a wrist-engagingmember, a tool-handle-engaging member, and a short flexible connectionbetween said members to permit free movement of the hand and tool, saidconnection being arranged to lie at an angle to and connect the upperportions of said members on the inner side of the wrist and of arelative length to extend taut between the same to permit thehandle-engaging member to engage the tool handle in rear of the portiongrasped by the hand in using the tool and to retain the tool in suchposition while grasped against forward movement, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- CHARLES AUGUSTUS ADAMS.

Witnesses:

TV. B. GREEN, M. B. PATTERSON.

